Music the artform and artists
The Audience is the Most Important Instrument
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- Friday, 03 January 2014
Today I want to talk about a notion that is killing contemporary music. It's an idea that is not confined to any one location, social group, or stylistic camp, and one that occasionally rears its head in both the halls of academia and the hippest coffee shops.
Nelson Mandela Passes: 10 Musical Tributes to the Iconic Political Figure
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- Wednesday, 11 December 2013
Mandela: the three syllables not only refer to the legendary anti-apartheid leader and former President of South Africa, but serve as a modern synonym for equality, freedom and revolution.
Dot Enter: An opening about openings!
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- Wednesday, 11 December 2013
Ten top talents from five different conservatories around the world will joined together to officially open the 5th IMC World Forum on Music in Brisbane.
Meet the 'dangerous Belgian' who invented the sax
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- Wednesday, 11 December 2013
Sax's father was a carpenter, and a maker of musical instruments. And from a young age, Sax learned the craft at his father's side.
Audience Cultivation in American New Music
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- Wednesday, 11 December 2013
Historically, new music has sought to confront general audiences with unexpected sounds and forms. The present, however, sees the milieu of new music splintered into factions, each with its own loyal but marginal audience.
French Baroque Choral Opulence
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- Sunday, 08 December 2013
The music from the age of Louis XIV reflects the same aesthetic as Versailles: lavish, rich in detail, infused with the dances that were so central to courtly life.
Jimi Hendrix, in his own words: 'I dig Strauss and Wagner – those cats are good'
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- Sunday, 08 December 2013
Jimi Hendrix was a private man, but a new collection of interviews, thoughts and diaries gives a unique insight into his mind. Here he talks about arriving in London, stage fright, racism and the plans he had for the future.
Glass's Music in 12 Parts - but the audience was just as small
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- Friday, 08 November 2013
So few people went to hear the Philip Glass Ensemble perform in the UK in 1975 that it would probably have been cheaper to fly the audience to New York to hear the group there. Christopher Fox, one of that original handful, reflects how things have changed.
If it's country music and it's Kenya, it must be Elvis
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- Friday, 08 November 2013
Country is the most popular music genre in the US. In Africa, not so much. But here's an exception to that rule.
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